Lille Metro

Lille Metro
Oscar Lambret metro station
Overview
Native nameMétro de Lille
LocaleLille, France
Transit typeMedium-capacity rail system
Number of lines2
Number of stations60
Daily ridership271,230 (2011)
Annual ridership99 million (2011)
Operation
Began operation25 April 1983 (1983-04-25)
Operator(s)Ilévia
Technical
System length45 km (28 mi)
System map

    Line 2    

CH Dron depôt
CH Dron
Bourgogne
Pont de Neuville
Phalempins
Colbert
Tourcoing – Centre
Gare de Tourcoing
Carliers
Mercure
Alsace
Gare Jean-Lebas Roubaix
Roubaix – Grand-Place
Eurotéléport
future Line 3
Roubaix – Charles-de-Gaulle
Épeule – Montesquieu
Saint-Philibert depôt
Mairie de Croix
Saint-Philibert
Croix – Centre
Bourg
Wasquehal – Hôtel de Ville
Maison des Enfants
Wasquehal – Pavé de Lille
Mitterie
Jean-Jaurès
Pont Supérieur
Lomme – Lambersart
Les Prés – Edgard Pisani
Canteleu
Fort de Mons storage
Bois Blancs
Fort de Mons
Mairie de Mons
Port de Lille
Mons Sarts
Cormontaigne
Saint-Maurice – Pellevoisin
Montebello
Gare Lille Europe
Gambetta
République – Beaux-Arts
Wazemmes
Rihour
Porte des Postes
Gare Lille Flandres
connection between lines
Mairie de Lille
Porte d'Arras
Lille Grand-Palais
Porte de Douai
future Gare de Lille-
Saint-Sauveur
Porte de Valenciennes
CHU – Centre
Oscar Lambret
Caulier
CHU – Eurasanté
Fives
Jeanne de Flandre
Eurasanté
Marbrerie
Mairie d'Hellemmes
Square Flandres
Pont de Bois
Villeneuve-d'Ascq -
Hôtel de Ville
N 227
Triolo
Cité Scientifique
Quatre Cantons
Quatre Cantons depôt

   Line 1   

The Lille Metro (French: Métro de Lille) is a driverless light metro system located in Lille, France. It commenced operations on 25 April 1983 and was the first system to implement the Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL, lit.'light automated vehicle') technology. While sometimes cited as the world’s first fully automated driverless metro, this distinction in fact belongs to the Port Island Line in Kobe, Japan, which became operational two years earlier. The Lille Metro comprises two lines, serving 60 stations across a 45-kilometre (28 mi) network. It constitutes a fundamental component of Lille's integrated public transport system, which also includes the Lille tramway and bus services, all managed under the Ilévia brand.